grandparent

English

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Noun

grandparent (plural grandparents)

1. the parent of someone's parent

Hyponyms

• (by grandparent's gender) grandmother, grandfather
• (by parent's gender) maternal grandmother, maternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, paternal grandfather

Antonyms

• (with regard to ancestry) grandchild

Derived terms

• great grandparent
• great great grandparent

Translations

parent of one's parent

• Asturian: güelu (ast) m, güela (ast) f
• Chinese:

  Min Nan: 公公婆婆 (nan) (ta-ke-koaⁿ, tōa-ke-koaⁿ)

• Czech: prarodič (cs)
• Dutch: grootouder (nl) m
• Finnish: isovanhempi (fi)
• French: grand-parent (fr) m, aïeul (fr)
• German: Großeltern (plural only)
• Guaraní: taita guasu (grandfather); jarýi (grandmother)
• Ido: avo
• Indonesian: (see grandmother or grandfather)

• Interlingua: granpatre (grandfather); granmatre (grandmother)
• Italian: nonno (grandfather); nonna (grandmother)
• Khmer: យាយតា (km) (yeay tar)
• Macedonian: дедо (mk) (dédo) m (grandfather), баба (mk) (bába) f (grandmother)
• Malay: datuk nenek (ms)
• Norwegian: besteforelder (no) m
• Portuguese: avô m (grandfather); avó f (grandmother)
• Russian: дедушка (ru) (déduška) m, бабушка (ru) (bábuška) f
• Scottish Gaelic: seann-phàrant (gd) m
• Spanish: abuelo (es) m, abuela (es) f
• Tok Pisin: tumbuna (tpi)
• Tupinambá: amỹîa (t-, t-) (grandfather)
• Volapük: lepal (vo)

See also

• mother
• father